A couple discs with trombones. Slide on in!
Michael Vlatkovich lets his trombone lead a team of Tom McNalley/eg, Dominic Genova/eg and John “Vatos” Hernandez/dr through a collection of exciting and fresh originals. A hip bass line grooves on “Strodaad” while a deep drum rivulet permeats “Knowers…” The band can also get a bit frisky as ‘bone and guitar fight it out on “Motely Mountebanks” and the funky “Undoug Fug.” Blues and bop get into the act with a toe tapper “Saint Something…” Irreverent, but not irrelevant.
Then, you’ve got Here & Here & Here which is made up again of Vlatkovich, but also with Anna Homler/voc-perc, Jeff Kaiser/tp-fh, Scott Walton/b and Rich West/dr on fifteen short but sweet free flying forms of frenzy. Vocal grunts from Tibet are on the title track, while horns growl like lions on “”Oranger Than Happiness.” Percussion goes free form on “Spark” and some Mahlerian moments pop up on “Salute.” Artsy to the point of musical Jackson Pollack!
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